Abstract

RUBIO-MARIN, Andrea Constanza; ORJUELA, Alba Dayana; RASCOVSKY, Melissa  and  ROSSELLI, Diego. Hypertension secondary to paraganglioma: case report and review of the literature. Iatreia [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.2, pp.206-217. ISSN 0121-0793.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v29n2a09.

We report the case of a 25 year-old man with a history of transient stroke during adolescence, and longstanding uncontrolled hypertension who presented with palpitations, diaphoresis and headache. He was diagnosed with a paraaortic paraganglioma associated with catecholamine hypersecretion, confirmed by histopathology. There was complete resolution of the symptoms after removal of the tumor. Paraganglioma, a rare extra-adrenal tumor, derived from chromaffin cells, should be considered in the diagnosis of secondary hypertension. We performed a literature review of paraganglioma cases with catecholamine hypersecretion, and associated hypertension.

Keywords : Hypertension; Paraganglioma; Pheochromocytoma extra-adrenal.

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